Benefit Skinny Jeans Creaseless Cream Shadow ($20.00 for 0.16 oz.) is described as a “pretty pewter.” It’s a dirty taupe brown with a sprinkling of champagne shimmer and a metallic sheen. It runs slightly cool-toned on the skin and in the pot; it may look even cooler-toned on those with naturally cool complexions. MAC Silver Birch is lighter, grayer. MAC Modern Pewter is much lighter.

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I absolutely adore Skinny Jeans (but the name is so misleading – I passed it by for a while, thinking it would be a faded denim blue shade). What’s odd though is that in your photos, in the pan it looks far more brownish than what I have (the “old” packaging) which leans somewhat more to the grey side of taupe.

I *need* this one! I don’t typically get too excited by cream shadows, but this would be amazingly versitile as a base shade. It reminds me a bit of the taupe cream liner in the Smashbox Softbox Eye Palette, which is what I’m currently using.

I use this as a base for MAC Silver Birch (which runs a little sheer), and it’s the perfect complement to intensify the pewter shade. I love this for a smoky look, because the pewter is so much more interesting than a humdrum silver, but gives the same sparkle. Looks great with brown eyes.

I hear about this shade ALL the time but for some reason, it’s not quite the color I imagined it would be. Still, it’s pretty and I know it’s gained “HG” status among many for a reason–must definitely swatch it next time I’m at Sephora!

You can’t go wrong with a good taupe! I love the look of this. I’ll have to think on it a bit before buying it. I try to limit the amount of cream shadows I have, since they just love to crease on me. I’d love it as a liner, though!

I’ve been wearing this for almost 16 hours now and it has not faded or creased a bit. I was like, “I need to tell Christine about this miracle!” It’s unreal… I’m half tempted to wear it to sleep just to see how it will look in the morning

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